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CONTRIBUTION OF PROSTAGLANDINS TO THE ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE‐INDUCED CONTRACTION OF RABBIT URINARY BLADDER
Author(s) -
ANDERSSON K.E.,
HUSTED S.,
SJÖGREN C.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0007-1188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1980.tb08722.x
Subject(s) - contraction (grammar) , endocrinology , medicine , phentolamine , chemistry , carbachol , tachyphylaxis , tonic (physiology) , stimulation , muscle contraction , purinergic receptor , adenosine , guanethidine , tetrodotoxin , detrusor muscle , urinary bladder
1 Adenosine 5′‐triphosphate (ATP) produced an inital rapid, phasic contraction and a later, slowly developing tonic contraction in the isolated detrusor of the rabbit but mainly a rapid, phasic response in the guinea‐pig bladder. 2 Electrical field stimulation elicited only a rapid, phasic contraction in both rabbit and guinea‐pig bladders. 3 Prostaglandin synthesis inhibition by means of indomethacin and suprofen abolished the tonic response to ATP in the rabbit detrusor, leaving the phasic part of the contraction almost unaffected. The ATP‐induced contraction in guinea‐pig bladder was not influenced by indomethacin. 4 The contractile response of rabbit urinary bladder to prostaglandins F 2α and E 2 and to carbachol were not significantly influenced by indomethacin. The contractions induced by the prostaglandins were similar to the tonic response to ATP. 5 Tetrodotoxin, atropine, phentolamine, and theophylline did not alter the ATP‐induced contraction. However, the calcium antagonists, nifedipine and nimodipine, abolished the phasic ATP response and greatly reduced the tonic part of the contraction. 6 Tachyphylaxis occurred on repeated addition of ATP; the response to field stimulation was progressively reduced only after indomethacin pretreatment. 7 ATP and prostaglandins may contribute to the non‐adrenergic, non‐cholinergic component of the excitation of rabbit and guinea‐pig bladder.